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Smart Hospitals Will Feature Air Traffic Control
Like Command Centers
FEATURES
• 2,550 square feet
• Technology from aviation,
aerospace, and power
industries—predictive analytics
and systems engineering
principles
• 24 staff members
• 22 information screens— Wall
of Analytics
• Data from 14 sources,
approximately 500
messages/minute
• GE consultation services
• 60% improvement in patient transfers from other hospitals (serious medical conditions)
• 63 minutes faster ambulance dispatch to patients.
• 30% faster in-bed assignment and 26% faster in-bed transfer processes at the ED
• 70% reduction in transfer delay from the operating room
• 21% increase in early discharge of patients
CAPACITY COMMAND CENTER LAYOUT AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL
Wall of Analytics™
EVS
Coordinators
Operating Room
Schedulers
Transfer Leaders
Bed Managers
Source: Frost & Sullivan